This playlist is intended to be listened to in consecutive order.
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1. HEY BABY – AVELLO, Z3LLA
“HEY BABY” kicks this micro playlist off with zero warmup time. AVELLO and Z3LLA build everything around a huge, rubbery bass line and a vocal chop that feels like it was designed to ricochet around a festival sound system. The drops are clean and punchy rather than overstuffed — big sub, tight percussion, and just enough melodic residue to make the hook stick in your head after it hits.
As an opener, it’s basically a mission statement: this set is going to be about impact and low-end pressure first, with everything else orbiting that.
2. ..FEISTY – Fred again.., BIA
“..FEISTY” shifts the energy from pure drop to personality. Fred again.. keeps his signature glossy, emotional electronic palette — chopped vocal textures, snappy drums, little synth stabs that light up the edges of the mix — but hands center stage to BIA, whose verses are all confidence and sharp edges. The contrast between her unfazed delivery and Fred’s slightly dreamy production gives the track a cool, kinetic tension.
Coming right after “HEY BABY,” this one keeps the bass heavy but adds a human voice and attitude to ride on top of it. It’s the “main character” moment of the playlist: still club-ready, but now the low-end has a narrator.
3. ARROWS – Dirt Monkey, Eligh
“ARROWS” closes the micro playlist by getting a little stranger in the best way. Dirt Monkey leans into wobbly, morphing basslines and off-kilter rhythms — there’s a sense that the whole track is constantly re-shaping itself under your feet. Eligh’s presence threads some melodic and vocal ideas through the chaos, giving you something to hang onto as the sound design keeps mutating.
As a closer, it functions like the weird victory lap: after two straightforward, punchy low-end workouts, “ARROWS” takes the same energy and bends it into more experimental shapes. The playlist ends with the sub still rumbling, but your brain a little more scrambled than when you pressed play.
Introducing the ID 2025 Editor’s Choice Playlist
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